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<P class="title"><A NAME="HELPCmdK"></A>Command <B>K</B> - lock an archive
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<p>WinRAR cannot modify locked archives, so locking important archives prevents
their accidental modification by WinRAR. Such protection might be especially
useful in case of WinRAR commands processing archives in groups.</p>

<p>This command is not intended or able to prevent modification by other tools
or willful third party. It implements a safety measure only for accidental
data change by WinRAR.</p>

<P>This is the command line equivalent of the <A HREF="HELPShellModes.htm">
archive management</A> command <A HREF="HELPCommandsLock.htm">Lock archive</A>.
It is supported for RAR archive format only.</P>

<h1><B>Example</B></h1>

<p class="sample">WinRAR k release</p>

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